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Ex-teacher accused of sex with students released on bail

Erin Mulvaney| on February 21, 2013

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Former Pasadena ISD teacher LaShawn Simmons, 41, is charged with five felonies, including sexual assault of a child, online solicitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. She was accused of having sex with four different students in 2012.

Former Pasadena ISD teacher LaShawn Simmons, 41, is charged with five felonies, including sexual assault of a child, online solicitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. She was accused of having

A former middle school math teacher accused of having sex with four students was released on bail after she turned herself in to police.

LaShawn Simmons was charged this week with sexual assault of a child, two counts of improper relationship between an educator and a student, online solicitation of a minor and possession of child pornography, court records show.

Simmons resigned last month from Beverly Hills Intermediate School in the Pasadena Independent School District in lieu of termination after she was accused of having sex with four high school students, two juveniles and two adults last year.

Simmons, who worked for the middle school for 14 years, was placed on administrative leave after the complaint was made in December. Investigators found nude pictures of the students and several sexually explicit conversations with the teens on her cell phone.

After identifying the students, the teens admitted to investigators in separate interviews that they had sex with Simmons, who had been their teacher, at her apartment after school. One student admitted to trading nude pictures with her via text message. Investigators tracked the material from March to September 2012.